Hey there

Hi everyone, my name is Mark and I'm new to the forum, and to the wii to be honest. I have just soft modded my wii and hope to gain some knowledge on everything I can do with it. Look forward to speaking to you all and bear with me on the technical side of things

Thank you for becoming a member of the best wii modding site around!
First off you need to read the Site rules and try your best to abide by them.
Also You need to realise that this site is here to help you make the most out of your Wii and not to help people with piracy!
Now we know the rules its time to learn some basics about your Wii, the best way to do this is to read

Once you have completed the guide you need to ascertain if your wii is capable of playing backups via the disc drive or whether you need to be usb loading.
Wii's post 2009 generally cannot play backups via the disc drive and have to use usb loading.
I recommend usb loading anyway as you can add an remove your games easily and there is no wear and tear on your disc drive and no messing about with discs etc.
What you will need to know -
What drives are compatible - Usb Compatibility list
How to set your drive up - It is highly recommended to use Fat32 guide

Once your HDD is setup and ready to go, you will need a program to manage your games!
Checkout Peire's Wii Game Manager Guide

Now your set up and ready to go, but you run in to a problem with one of your game backups -